Tag Archives: money

The Pirate Bay on trial

Around 2 years ago, the investigations (which have been the longest ever in Sweden) into the Pirate Bay’s presumed copyright infringements began. The scale of the issues at stake in this trial is maybe best summed up by a quote from Peter Sunde: “We know that about 80% of all the traffic on the internet is torrent related. About half…

MoM discussion: Should we pay for events?

Trying to provoke a discussion here. Why do conferences and other events costs so much money? All access to PICNIC would have costed you more than €1200, getting involved in BlOG08 conference €195, with a discount still €95. ‘Ridiculous’, says MoM coordinator Geert Lovink, ‘these events shouldn’t cost more than €20.’ Edial Dekker, one of the organisers of

PROblogger: book review

PROblogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income[REVIEW]

INTRODUCION
For some time now I’ve been interested in the eBook phenomenon for a couple of reasons: the business model that lies beneath it (how to make money by selling information…internet marketing is a fascinating hobby), and the information that is being shared by the rapidly growing number…